Scott Howard

Scott Howard

Apr
20

Hidden City Ticketing

Recently there has been a lot of talk around a method of saving on airfares called "Hidden City Ticketing". Whilst
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Mar
30

REST API Scripting with curl

I've stated previously that using curl for accessing the XtremIO REST API (or any API!) isn't ideal as it's difficult
1 min read
Dec
23

XtremIO Snapshots and Veritas Volume Manager

It's been 20 years almost to the day since I started using Veritas Volume Manager, or Sun Enterprise Volume Manager
5 min read
Nov
10

Using the XtremIO REST API - Part 5

In Part 1 of Using the XtremIO REST API I covered how to access the API, and how to read
4 min read
Apr
23

Parsing XtremIO CLI Output

I generally don't recommend people use the XtremIO CLI for programmatic access - it's just so much easier and better
3 min read
Feb
28

Multipathing Impact on Performance

Multipathing configuration has always played a part in storage performance, and most vendors now use some form of Round Robin
5 min read
Feb
24

VMware Queue Depths and Conflicting Worlds

One of the more confusing storage-related settings in VMware is the "SchedNumReqOutstanding" setting. In versions up to and including ESX
4 min read
Feb
03

XtremIO and VMware Path Failure Detection

In XtremIO XIOS version 4.0.10 we made an (optional) change to the SCSI error codes that the array
5 min read
Jan
03

Hacking Package Pickup

Just over a week ago my apartment complex launched their new "Package Pickup Center" - an automated locker system much
4 min read
Dec
28

The Latency/Threads Relationship and HA Testing

One of the most common mistakes people make when testing storage is that they think they are measuring IOPS or
10 min read